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STS-107

Destroyed with loss of Crew on Re-Entry: February First,
2003.

The mission, dedicated strictly to scientific research, was a
rare space shuttle flight
that did not stop at the international space station. During the
16-day trip,
the seven-person crew of the shuttle Columbia worked around-the-clock
on
more than 80 experiments. The flight, which included the first
Israeli astronaut,
launched under extremely tight security.